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Our Senior Management Team

Rotha Chan

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and General Manager (GM) of Manulife Cambodia

Rotha was Manulife’s first local hire in Cambodia when the company began operating in the country in 2012, initially staying with Manulife for eight years until 2020. Rotha has extensive industry experience and played a crucial role in Manulife’s development in the country while building Manulife Cambodia's agency channel to No. 1 in the market during his tenure. 

Rotha earned a Global Star of Excellence in 2013 and was recognized as an Asia Young Leader of the Year in 2018 by Asia Insurance Review. Rotha was recently awarded the Royal Order of Sahametrei (Grand Croix) by His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, the King of Cambodia.   

Rotha studied at the Royal University of Phnom Penh and the International University of Japan. Between university and joining Manulife, he spent four years working for ANZ Royal Bank as a branch manager, communications manager, and CSR manager.

Nara Kann

Chief Public Affairs Officer of Manulife Cambodia

Nara is currently serving as the first Chief Public Affairs Officer at Manulife Cambodia. With over 22 years of experience in actuarial consulting and insurance, she plays a crucial role in the Senior Management Team, where she is responsible for developing public affairs strategies to enhance Manulife’s relationships with policymakers, regulators, and key stakeholders in Cambodia. 

Nara's journey with Manulife Cambodia began in 2012 when she returned to the country as the first Cambodian actuary after spending 17 years in the United States. Her leadership roles as CMO and head of actuarial have been instrumental in expanding the Marketing function to include customer experience and advanced analytics capabilities, as well as establishing the company's actuarial function.

Before joining Manulife, Nara gained over a decade of experience in the insurance and consulting sectors with prestigious firms such as Watson Wyatt Worldwide and Aon Hewitt. She is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA), and her outstanding contributions to Manulife and the broader industry have been recognized with numerous accolades, including 3 Asia and Global Stars of Excellence awards from Manulife and the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Director of the Year award from CRE. Nara earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics with a concentration in Actuarial Science from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. Her expertise and dedication continue to drive innovation and excellence within Manulife Cambodia and the insurance industry.

Pichhemy Ros

Chief Digital and Technology Officer 

Hemy is Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Manulife Cambodia. As a member of the Executive Management Team, she is overseeing the technology and digital transformation functions for the company.

Prior to Manulife, Hemy brings in solid 16 years of experiences in delivery of digital projects for customers across the globe. Her recent role was with ABA Bank, a leading technological bank in Cambodia, where she supports with setting up the digital team and leading the effort for the delivery of digital initiatives. 

Hemy is a certified professional scrum master and hold a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Institute of Technology of Cambodia.

Sovann Suong

General Counsel

Sovann is Chief Legal and Compliance Officer of Manulife Cambodia. As a member of the Executive Management Team, he oversees the Company’s legal, compliance, and corporate secretarial functions.

Sovann has extensive legal expertise in corporate law for more than ten years. He joined Manulife Cambodia during the initial setup of the Legal & Compliance function in 2012. Sovann has been the first in-house Counsel, Corporate Governance and Compliance in Cambodia’s insurance since Company’s inception. Prior to this, he mastered corporate governance for a leading financial Company and was a legal advisor for various projects for reputable law firms around the region. Sovann holds a dual Master degree in Economic Relations of Euro-Asia Law (LLM) from Rennes 2 University (France) and Private Law (LLM) from Royal University of Law and Economic Science (Cambodia), Superior Diploma in Law on Enterprises’ Activities from Lumière Lyon 2 University (France).  He is also a member of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Sadat Math

Chief Human Resources Officer

Sadat comes to Manulife Cambodia​​ with extensive experience in the financial service sector, most​​ recently as the Chief Human Resources Officer​ and Chief of Staff at J Trust Royal Bank. Prior to that, he held a number of senior HR roles at ANZ Royal Bank. In addition, he has more than 14 years of experience across various HR functions in Learning & Development, Business Partnering, and Center of Excellence.  

Throughout his career, Sadat has been focused on delivering the development solutions to build capabilities, shaping the organizational culture, driving staff engagement and performance, and delivering changes and transformation. During his most recent roles as CHRO and Chief of Staff in banking, he has delivered key initiatives for the organization, which include becoming a center for talent development, achieving high employee engagement, and leading successful change and transformation for the bank as well as driving the delivery of business strategy.

Over the past years, Sadat has been very passionate about developing people by helping them perform better at their jobs, leading to a greater sense of fulfillment and opening up career opportunities.

Sabrina Ong

Chief Distribution Officer

Sabrina joined Manulife Cambodia in 2023 as Chief Agency Officer and was instrumental in rebuilding and transforming the Agency business. She was appointed Chief Distribution Officer and expanded her role to lead the Bancassurance business in 2024. 

Sabrina joined Manulife in 2020 as Head of Distribution Learning & Development, Asia Segment. She was appointed AVP of Emerging Markets, Asia, in June 2021. In this role, Sabrina is responsible for leading business initiatives aligned with EM's Bold Ambition strategy, working closely with country leaders across Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Vietnam. Sabrina is responsible for the execution of strategic initiatives, business management and transformation.

Before joining Manulife, Sabrina spent over the 7 years with AIA group, where she led various business transformation taskforce, including the development of premier training system to develop full-time quality agent. She was also one of the key team members in the AIA Cambodia business set up with the country’s first full-time professional agency force focusing on protection solutions and the development of Cambodia's local agency executive team.

Rattana Heng

Deputy Chief Agency Officer

Rattana joined Manulife Cambodia in 2014 as an Agency Manager, and later as Head of Agency Training, and currently as Deputy Chief Agency Officer. As of now, Rattana has worked with Manulife for almost 10 years, and he was one of the Asia Star of Excellence award winners in 2018. Prior to Manulife, he had spent 5 years working as a vice president of University of Puthisastra in Phnom Penh.

Rattana earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the Royal University of Phnom Penh, and a master’s degree in business administration from Pannasastra University of Cambodia.   

Jesse Anro Parreno Gumban

Chief Product Officer 

Jesse became a part of Manulife Cambodia in 2020. He began his career at Manulife in 2013 as an Investment Consultant for Manulife China Bank Life's Private Banking division. After that, he took on the role of the lead for Product Development for the Alternative Distribution Channel in Manulife Philippines. 

Before joining Manulife, Jesse had years of experience in investor targeting for both equities and fixed income in Asia and North American markets. He also had experience in Trust and Personal Wealth Management in the Philippines.

Tracy Leung

Chief Financial Officer of Manulife Cambodia

Tracy is the Chief Financial Officer of Manulife Cambodia. As a member of the Executive Management Team, she plays a crucial role in ensuring financial stability, optimizing profitability, and driving sustainable growth of Manulife Cambodia while adhering to local regulations.

Prior to Manulife, Tracy brings in 16 years of extensive experience in actuarial science, product development, risk management, and business planning across Asia. She has served as Chief Actuary and Head of Proposition & Strategy in her most recent roles. Tracy is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) since 2012 and holds a bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Hong Kong.

Tracy has been passionate in developing the actuarial profession in Cambodia. She is one of the founders of the Cambodia Actuarial Working Group (CAWG), a sub-committee within Insurance Association of Cambodia. Tracy has been serving in the committee to build the actuarial community and provide technical support to facilitate the growth of insurance market in Cambodia.

Phyo Hein Wai 

Chief Partnership Distribution Officer 

Phyo joined Manulife Cambodia in January 2025 as Chief Partnership Distribution Officer to support the Bancassurance channel with Manulife bank partners in Cambodia.    

Prior to this role, He started with Manulife in Myanmar joined in 2020 as Chief Partnership Distribution Officer to setting up, formulate and execute the partnership overall strategy for bancassurance distribution, sales force management and channel development. Achieving positive results and business growth. Before joining Manulife, Phyo Hein started in the insurance industry back in 2013, worked at two other international life insurers, overseeing various functions and assigned in projects. He was responsible for Government relations & Key Stakeholder management, Partnership business development and Corporate Planning roles.  

Jessica Hang Pui Li 

Chief Actuary

Jessica joined Manulife Cambodia in 2024. She began her career at Manulife in 2016 in Toronto, and subsequently relocated to Hong Kong in 2019 to take on several roles supporting Asian markets from Regional office. Before joining Cambodia team, she served as Chief Actuary of Manulife Myanmar in 2022 overseeing the actuarial and product functions. 

Jessica is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA) since 2018 and holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Canada majoring in Actuarial Science. She brings 8+ years of experience in actuarial valuation, pricing, regulation change implementation as well as product development.